Lesson 59 of 84 · Weather and Seasons

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌋 Rock Realm

Digging in the Dirt (Part 2)

🧪Lab Brief #59

Weather and Seasons.

🎯 Your mission

Run the experiment. Find out what really happens.

⚡ The twist

Today's mountain was yesterday's ocean floor.

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Mind = Blown

🪨 Every grain of sand on every beach used to be a mountain.

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Make a hypothesis first

Guess: where will the water go first?

What You'll Learn

Thunderstorms have lightning, thunder, and lots of rain. Count the seconds between lightning and thunder!

Key Words

windy
cloudy
rain

Materials Needed

rain gauge
cotton balls
food coloring
clear container
rocks
sand

Safety First

Adult supervision recommended.
Do not taste any materials.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Listen carefully and repeat the new words about Weather and Seasons.

Step 2 — Do

Watch the clouds. Do they look like animals? Draw their shapes.

Step 3 — Observe

Did anything change? Point to what is different.

Step 4 — Record

Point to the things you used in the activity.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Is dirt the same as soil?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

Today's weather, tomorrow's beach, next century's coastline — all this.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Look at the sky for 5 minutes and try to predict tomorrow's weather.

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For the dinner table

“What's the slowest change you can think of?”

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